Hello from Seattle friends! Alder, Edith and I took a spontaneous trip up to Seattle to stay with our friends from Germany who are here housesitting. It is the first trip I have taken by myself with the kids but luckily Neil took the bus up on Friday after work so we could see a … [Read more…]
I’ve always wanted a place that we consider “ours”. A place you visit year after year and as soon as you arrive you think “this is my happy place” – for us that has become The Sou’Wester. Neil was actually the first to visit The Sou’Wester a few years ago for a work retreat. He stayed … [Read more…]
The idea of going tenting with children has been one that I have really had to psyche
6am. Neil gets up and head to the couch to do a little reading… 6:38am. I finally roll out of bed leaving a sleeping Alder. I pass a sleeping Edith on the way to the living area where I find a sleeping Neil who stirs and wakes up. 6:50am. Neil starts on coffee and I … [Read more…]
Growing up my family did a lot of camping. We went tenting, we had a pop-up camper for many years as well and even my first trip to Disney World was a camping trip to the Fort Wilderness (hmmmm maybe this is how I’ll convince Neil to do a Disney World trip). Anyways I am … [Read more…]
Schools out, suns is shining and the days are longer it must be Summer! For me Summer has always been about trying to get in as many outdoor activities as possible before the snow or rain, since we live in the Pacific Northwest now, comes and we are stuck inside. My family and I are … [Read more…]
A few weeks back our little snack date group headed to Luscher Farms for their Garden Babies program that happens every Monday morning from April through October. The program starts with a few stories and then the kids get to head over to feed the chickens. I wasn’t sure what Edith would think about feeding … [Read more…]
When I first heard about The Honest Company* I was a bit skeptical. I went through the process and got my free diaper and wipe samples and while I wasn’t a huge fan of he diapers I instantly fell in love with the thick cloth like wipes. Since I didn’t love the diapers I didn’t … [Read more…]
This weeks snack date is a pretty special one that not only involves a park, a picnic and ice cream but it’s the first time in months that our three families were all able to get together. Most of our snack dates are just the moms and kids but this time the dads were able … [Read more…]
This post is long over do but a few weeks ago we (finally) visited Cooper Mountain. We have lived in the area for over two years now and it wasn’t until April that we finally made it to this really great nature park. We lucked out it and it was a beautiful sunny day for … [Read more…]
